Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for Employees of State and Local Governments, by Census Division, 2009

Product type:

Statistical Brief 302

MEPS component:

Insurance Component

Publication date:

December 3, 2010

Description:

This Statistical Brief focuses on state and local government enrollment rates, premiums, and employee contributions for employer-sponsored health insurance by census geographic division. According to data from the Insurance Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-IC), 65.4 percent of state and local government employees were enrolled in employer-sponsored health insurance plans compared to 53.6 percent of private sector employees.